High school stuff
Exams: one down, two to go!
2512 went easily enough yesterday. As it was a resit (I did the first pass at it this time last year), most of the stuff was easy; I've been revising for it for six months, so there were no worries there. But a few questions confused the hell out of me. In a 2512 paper, you'd expect to find questions from the 2512 syllabus ... right? Wrong. At least two of the questions were from the 2515 syllabus, and one was from a module I haven't even done yet. Luckily I'm studying 2515 in ICT right now, so it wasn't too much of a problem. But the question about Virtual LANs (whatever the hell they are) really caught me out. You should have heard all the Lower Sixth (ie. non-retake people) ranting about it afterwards. They haven't done any of the 2515 course yet, obviously, so they could only guess at about 20% of the questions. *grr*. One of these days, the almighty OCR exam board is going to get what it deserves (and hopefully in the orifice it deserves it in, too :) ).
On a lighter note, I got the marks back from my first D&T coursework module (that's the Designing half of the coursework). I'm designing a special keyboard stand to help relieve RSI symptoms, with built in light-sensitive Superbright LED array keyboard lighting *pauses to breath*. Anyway, Mr. Chapman (a really great teacher) gave me 75 out of 90, which is nicely into the A-grade range. I actually think I'm improving all-round at school right now; my grades are steadily increasing in Organic Chemistry, always a subject that I've found difficult. I'm really glad I got good marks for this piece of D&T coursework, though; it's taken me about six months to do, and I've included some of my finest CAD models in the folder. I always prefer CAD to hand drawings. I also added the sum of all my electronic knowledge, gleaned from my GCSE Electronics course (the one where we had a P.E teacher who knew more about footballs than he did about resistors. I ended up teaching most of the classes. No kidding). Potential divider resistor networks are always great fun.
So, two exams to go. Next Wednesday: C,R+S (Organic Chemistry). Next Thursday: 2515 (the second ICT module). Wish me luck!
Exams: one down, two to go!
2512 went easily enough yesterday. As it was a resit (I did the first pass at it this time last year), most of the stuff was easy; I've been revising for it for six months, so there were no worries there. But a few questions confused the hell out of me. In a 2512 paper, you'd expect to find questions from the 2512 syllabus ... right? Wrong. At least two of the questions were from the 2515 syllabus, and one was from a module I haven't even done yet. Luckily I'm studying 2515 in ICT right now, so it wasn't too much of a problem. But the question about Virtual LANs (whatever the hell they are) really caught me out. You should have heard all the Lower Sixth (ie. non-retake people) ranting about it afterwards. They haven't done any of the 2515 course yet, obviously, so they could only guess at about 20% of the questions. *grr*. One of these days, the almighty OCR exam board is going to get what it deserves (and hopefully in the orifice it deserves it in, too :) ).
On a lighter note, I got the marks back from my first D&T coursework module (that's the Designing half of the coursework). I'm designing a special keyboard stand to help relieve RSI symptoms, with built in light-sensitive Superbright LED array keyboard lighting *pauses to breath*. Anyway, Mr. Chapman (a really great teacher) gave me 75 out of 90, which is nicely into the A-grade range. I actually think I'm improving all-round at school right now; my grades are steadily increasing in Organic Chemistry, always a subject that I've found difficult. I'm really glad I got good marks for this piece of D&T coursework, though; it's taken me about six months to do, and I've included some of my finest CAD models in the folder. I always prefer CAD to hand drawings. I also added the sum of all my electronic knowledge, gleaned from my GCSE Electronics course (the one where we had a P.E teacher who knew more about footballs than he did about resistors. I ended up teaching most of the classes. No kidding). Potential divider resistor networks are always great fun.
So, two exams to go. Next Wednesday: C,R+S (Organic Chemistry). Next Thursday: 2515 (the second ICT module). Wish me luck!
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